Grand Theft Auto V
Release date: September 17, 2013
A Rockstar representative told Games Industry, "We are in the process of investigating early 'sales' to determine how and why that is occurring." Some are speculating that Amazon decided to ship some copies early so as to not overload the UK’s Royal Mail service because of the massive demand for GTA5.
Earlier videos released by Rockstar showed off the ability to switch the main characters on the fly. While you play and roam around the city as one of the characters, the others will be living their own lives. You can switch to these other characters and continue their activities at any moment. As the lady in the trailer describes it, you can indulge in some voyeurism.
There also seems to be some improvement in the core gameplay itself—driving and shooting. The ability to change guns too seems to have been changed to use a radial menu instead of the traditional ‘switch weapons one-by-one’ system of the earlier games. Driving also seems to be much more fast and fluid, with less emphasis on realism.
GTA 5 will also have some great variety in its game world, with everything ranging from the city to the country side, urban decay to untouched natural scenery. Needless to say, there will also be some new side-activities. These include playing tennis, taking part in bicycle races, skydiving, or even hunting (both bounty and animals).
Grand Theft Auto 5 is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. There has been no word from Rockstar about a possible PC release.
There also seems to be some improvement in the core gameplay itself—driving and shooting. The ability to change guns too seems to have been changed to use a radial menu instead of the traditional ‘switch weapons one-by-one’ system of the earlier games. Driving also seems to be much more fast and fluid, with less emphasis on realism.
GTA 5 will also have some great variety in its game world, with everything ranging from the city to the country side, urban decay to untouched natural scenery. Needless to say, there will also be some new side-activities. These include playing tennis, taking part in bicycle races, skydiving, or even hunting (both bounty and animals).
Grand Theft Auto 5 is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. There has been no word from Rockstar about a possible PC release.
17 morsels of GTA 5 goodness to tide you over:
With GTA 5′s September 17 release date looming, gamers around the world are waiting patiently for the game to land on their doorsteps. Gameplay trailers, online teasers and leaked footage abound, there has been plenty of Grand Theft Auto V coverage to pour over, but here are some facts you may not have heard…
1. You can turn car engines off
Presumably for no other reason than to look badass when you pull up to someone’s apartment for a stakeout.
2. You can watch an in-game TV show spoof of ‘World Wildest Police Videos’ set in Los Santos
It airs on the ‘CNT network’ around town and is called The Underbelly of Paradise.
3. You can set fire to oil slicks
Gasonline can leak during crashes in GTA 5, adding a new level of danger to motorway pile-ups. Trails of oil, whether originating from a vehicle or the jerrycan you emptied on a hapless victim, can be ignited or shot at from distance to blow things up. Very cinematic.
4. Blaine County looks utterly brilliant
5. There is a fort, a prison, a power station, two mountain ranges and a ‘wilderness’ area
The leak of the game’s official map revealed some awesome landmarks, with the prison getting its own no-fly zone and Mount Chiliad being serviced by a cable car system.
6. Unlike the last San Andreas-set game, there doesn’t seem to be girlfriends
Which will save you a lot of tedious trips to bowling alleys and highway code-friendly drives home.
7. GTA V is huge – but fortunately there’s turbo sprint
Given the immense size of San Andreas, there’s likely to be Skyrim-levels of disorientation when you dive from a burning car somewhere in the countryside. Fortunately, in addition to walking and sprinting, there is a turbo sprint function to aid you in finding your way back to town, although it requires repeatedly tapping sprint, so prepare for some thumb ache.
8. You can buy your own bong shop
Smoke In The Water, seen in the gameplay trailer, is a purchasable property serving San Andreas residents with a medical marijuana license.
9. GTA Online has at least 700 missions
While GTA IV’s online version saw players running around like Uzi-toting headless chickens, V’s will be more structured, plot-driven and hopefully infinitely more rewarding.
10. ‘Cover of darkness’ is a viable tactic now
Those who have played the game say non-playable characters struggle to see you in the dark much like a stealth game, so you may want to consider leaving your heists until nightfall. NPCs are also smarter, however, and will hit the gas if they think you’re about carjack them.
11. The radio stations serve as an awesome soundtrack to destruction
From an experimental hip hop show presented by Flying Lotus, to a lo-fi punk and indie show curated by Wavves, the radio stations (preview them here) are more thoughtful (and more esoteric) than ever.
12. You can download apps and games on your in-game phone
…If for some reason you’d rather play a Candy Crush variant than base jump with a flamethrower.
13. Pedestrians look crazier than ever
14. You can drive trains
But they’re on rails, remember, so this might sound more fun than it actually is.
15. Roads remain detailed even when you’re high up
Before they would be stripped down and look empty, but as seen in leaked gameplay footage of Franlin stealing a jet plane, traffic is still visible even as you soar above the skyscrapers.
16. Vinewood has its own HOLLYWOOD sign
That you can clamber over if you so desire.
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